Event Experience Manager

We're looking for a strategic, organized, detail-oriented, enthusiastic, and proactive individual with a passion for creating memorable experiences to lead hospitality events as part of a world-class sponsorship portfolio. Hospitality activation management • Create world class experiences and strategic client hosting opportunities around our marquee sponsorships • Act as a strategic thought leader, working with properties and internal departments to maximize sponsorship assets, extend brand storytelling, and ensure return on investment • Oversee project budgets, providing regular updates to leaders on budget/spend status • Review contractual inventory, and assess to make recommendations on utilization and acquisitions • Recommend market pricing • Develop and update client journey playbook on a yearly basis, post-event • Develop and update US Sponsorship Marquee Hospitality playbook and best practices that can be shared with local markets, update going into each event, as needed • Serve as the lead liaison to location markets to govern all stakeholders, ensuring alignment and coordination across hospitality activation (swim lanes for team members, local market, MES, etc.) Event experience, strategy, and designWorking with our sponsorship properties, this role has primary accountability with delegation to the Sponsorship Operations (SpOps) team and Meeting & Event Services (MES) team as it relates to the following: • Accommodation • Budget • Catering and menu planning • Contract Management • Communications • Décor / Tent Design • Merchandise and Uniforms • Onsite guests experience oversight • Offsite programming/events • Photographer/Videographer • Security/contingency planning (in partnership with local office) • Staff scheduling, management and training • Talent/Legends booking and management • Transportation • 10+ years of experience in planning and executing global or national hospitality experiences, to include experience in managing hospitality for major, large-scale sports events (or equivalent) • 10+ years of experience in delivering complex hospitality programs with multiple vendors and stakeholders and coalescing multiple priorities • 5+ years of experience collaborating and partnering with executive leadership • Ability to work in a virtual environment • Limited immigration sponsorship may be available • Ability to travel 0-10%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled.